Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

baladh

madadh a' cur baladh, scenting, on the trail

bánú

bhí an t-oileán le bánú .i. na daoine le n-a thréiscint, to be evacuated.

bárr

tá bár míoltógaí ann, a lot of midges (out this evening), they would eat you.

barrach

a cíoradh baraigh, combing flax

baslú

a baslú fataí

beadaidhe

béal

tá tú cailltí púnáiltí i mbéal síogáin lá gimhridh (SBh), said of a person who has not the comfort of a hayshed, and has to stand in the face of a rick getting out fodder on a wet windy winter's day.

beilt

beilt ar shaighdiúr; also applied to a dog's collar

béinn

A. Tá É. a' teacht aríst. B. Béinn Dé ort, a' bhfuil? (ML), and confirmed by (BR); the meaning seems to be something like 'Go to God, do you tell me so?' expressing a mixture of wonder and delight.

béinne

rinne siad béinne de (le buillí), they knocked him stiff

beir

bhéarfadh sé scian ort, he would take a knife to you (ML); bheir sé air, the dog bit him (MC); bheir a' chearc, the hen laid (MR)

bharamhail

bidhg

bás bíg, sudden death.

bleacht

bó bhleacht ionnlaogh

bó ghamhnaí